Can I get into the University of Oregon?

I believe that you should be able to get in with those grades/scores, but you should be looking at the UO website were they will tell you what the range they except is. A 3.4 or better with 16 units of college prep classes gets auto-entry.

http://admissions.uoregon.edu/freshmen/requirements

Honestly, with a 2210 SAT and decent grades you might aim a little higher, nothing against UO, but you may be able to get into a UC and get a better and cheaper education. Of course if UO is your dream school...

By the way, you school counselor should be able to give you good info on where you should apply.

80% admission rate and their 75th percentile score on the SAT is 1820. I don't think you'll have any trouble getting in.

STAY AWAY FROM OREGON!!!!! THEY ARE BEING CORRUPTED BY NIKE AND SO WILL YOUR EDUCATION. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GO TO U MIAMI

You are in for sure. UO is not the Harvard or even JUCO by any means of the imagination. Bunch of thug criminals.

UO and the non-Cali PAC-10 are nearly all open enollment, nealy every applicant is admitted. The Cali PAC-10 campuses of course are all world class schools that are difficult to get in and even harder to graduate from.

Hasay is increasing student population just by going there. It's instantly a cool school now, they should give her a cut of the money.

UCLA is #1 and Cal is #2 in the nation for undergraduate applicants each year.

dren wrote:

I believe that you should be able to get in with those grades/scores, but you should be looking at the UO website were they will tell you what the range they except is. A 3.4 or better with 16 units of college prep classes gets auto-entry.

http://admissions.uoregon.edu/freshmen/requirements

Honestly, with a 2210 SAT and decent grades you might aim a little higher, nothing against UO, but you may be able to get into a UC and get a better and cheaper education. Of course if UO is your dream school...

By the way, you school counselor should be able to give you good info on where you should apply.

How old are you?

Do you realize how much the University of Oregon has upgraded and improved almost all of their departments due to Bowerman and Phil Knight investing tons of money in their school?

Oregon is far better than the rep they get on this board.

Deady Hall wrote:

UO and the non-Cali PAC-10 are nearly all open enollment, nealy every applicant is admitted. The Cali PAC-10 campuses of course are all world class schools that are difficult to get in and even harder to graduate from.

Yes, and quality programs teach you to generalize.

Doofus.

If you can write the address on an envelope and place a stamp on it it's nearly impossible to not get into schools like Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Cal State, non-CA PAC10 campuses, UNLV, BYU, Rutgers, Ohio State......

#1 UCLA #2 Cal wrote:

UCLA is #1 and Cal is #2 in the nation for undergraduate applicants each year.

woot woot UCLA baby!

Yes you are in. It depresses me that Cal is that bad off that people want to come to Eugene. But yes you are in.

Yes, you are definitely in. You are way above the average at UO. Perhaps you consider some other schools at well and consider aiming a bit higher than UO.

Lane JC is down the street from OR

It's actually pretty difficult to get into University of Michigan

Easy Street wrote:

If you can write the address on an envelope and place a stamp on it it's nearly impossible to not get into schools like Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Cal State, non-CA PAC10 campuses, UNLV, BYU, Rutgers, Ohio State......

ducks rule wrote:

I'm a high school junior, and I'm planning on applying to the U of O next year. What it would take to get in?

Here are my grades throughout high school (weighted):

9th grade- 3.333

10th grade- 3.1

11th grade- 4.0 (although 2nd semester is not yet over, I'm hoping I will maintain my 4.0, as my grades are pretty solid right now.)

My best SAT score is 2210.

As for extracurriculars, I'm on varsity track and XC and I'm team captain. I'm also the treasurer of a small community service club at my school. I've completed about 150 hours of community service.

How are my chances of getting in next year?

Oh, and for the record I'm not an Oregon resident (I'm from California), so I'm not sure how this will affect my chances of getting in.

Why would you go a some mediocre school like the U of O when you could get into many of the top academic schools in the country with your background? You could apply to private schools as SAFETIES if you want to (this isn't a jab at public schools--private schools often have better financial aid because of large endowments and smaller student populations). My 2250 on the SAT got me a letter from University of Portland (private school, slightly more selective than U of O) saying I was pretty much guaranteed to get in if I applied. My HS GPA was ~3.7 or 3.8 unweighted. It seems to me like you are going to look pretty good on college apps, and a lot of schools will probably offer academic scholarships. Also, TAKE THE PSAT IN TIME TO GET ENTERED IN THE NATIONAL MERIT COMPETITION. The actual National Merit scholarship is pretty small, but many schools offer significant extra scholarship money to Finalists and Semi-Finalists. I don't think the U of O has great academic scholarships, and I know they have severe housing issues, even for first-years. Even convenient off-campus housing can be tough to find.

In short, I think you should only go to the U of O if you absolutely fall in love with the school when you visit. You are lucky enough to be able to choose out of hundreds of colleges that will accept you. Make the most of this opportunity and choose a school where you will be able to run on the team and where you will have lots of friends and be able to study what you want to study. Whether that's the U of O or a different school is up to you, but you should definitely do some research and and visit schools before you decide.

Check out the Robert D Clark Honors college at U of O.

You can get a small liberal arts education at a large university.

The number of applicants went up considerably last year, and this year looks to be similar. Consequently, the U of O is raising their standards. In the past you could get in with a 3.5 GPA and no need to take the SAT. Now that is not the case anymore.

If you do get in and you are certain that is where you want to attend, be sure to submit your housing application ASAP. With as many applications as they are receiving, on-campus housing will be at a premium.

While I am a little at a loss as to why he wants to go out of his way to go the UofO, there is definitely more than enough academic challenges at UofO for him if he wants it. And of course a lot depends on what he wants to study. Does he want to get into sports marketing? Forget about Ivy league schools. Oregon is the place to be for that along with one or two other schools across the country.